The Manchester Irish Festival: 4th - 19th March 2006
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Thursday 9th March
Manchester Irish Festival Message Board
Traditional Irish Music Classes for young People
Irish World Heritage Centre
7.30 – 9pm. £3.
Fully qualified music teacher.
Contact Michelle O’Leary (Comhaltas Ceolteoiri Eireann)
on 07960101100
Haste to the Wedding
Manchester Irish Writers
Irish World Heritage Centre
0161 2054007
8.00pm
£3.00, £1.50 conc
Manchester Irish Writers will present an evening of storytelling, recollections and poetry.
Whistle in the Dark
by Tom Murphy
Royal Exchange Theatre
Box Office 0161 833 9833 www.royalexchange.co.uk
England, the early 1960s, somewhere in Coventry; into the home of Michael Carney and his English wife come his brawling family of brothers and their father, the fire-breathing Dada. Michael came to England for a better life but as the Carney brothers gear up to confront a rival gang for control of the area, Michael is forced to take a stand as age old resentments and tensions begin to explode. Written when he was 25, A Whistle in the Dark launched Tom Murphy onto the stage in London and Dublin to a storm of shock, controversy and applause. Now regarded as a classic of Irish drama it remains a devastating portrait of the pull of tribalism and violence in men and the desperate need to stand against it. The show features Gary Whelan as Dada, with Patrick O’Kane as Michael.
Ballroom Dancing
The Irish Association Club
Chorlton
0161 881 2898
8pm
Come along all welcome
‘Pac Factor’ Karaoke competition
and club night
The Pack Horse
Stockport Road, Levenshulme 0161 224 4355
8pm–12 Midnight Admission: Free
DJ Tom Dee hosts this talent competition, which aims to find Manchester’s next Shane Ward or the Connolly Sisters. Cash Prizes and Promotions. Sponsored by Budweiser
I, Keano
The Lowry
Salford Quays
7.30pm 0870 787 5790
The Manchester Irish Festival are proud to bring the UK premier of ‘I, Keano’ described as Up Pompeii meets Father Ted (with a hint of Spitting Image). “Unmercifully Funny” The Irish Times, “A masterfully executed musical comedy” The Times.
Glides
St. Kentigerns
5.30pm
Easy Learn Rock School
Devils Dance
O’Shea’s Irish Bar
Princess St, City Centre,
0161 236 3906
8pm – 1am
‘The Palace Nightclub – Gone but
not forgotten’
Photography Exhibition by Dave Brunton, Tony Hennigan and Ged Noonan
Union Inn
Stockport Road, Levenshulme, 0161 224 1271
7pm Admission: Free
The Palace Nightclub, which opened its doors to the city’s
Irish community in September 1989 was recently sold. Dave Brunton, Ged Noonan
and Tony Hennigan have produced a documentary exhibition of the stars of
Music, Comedy and Sport who have graced its doors from Republic of Ireland
star Niall Quinn to Ardal O’Hanlon, Peter Kay and Toss the Feathers,
alongside the community that supported it. Copies of the prints are on sale
with all proceeds going to St Anne’s Hospice.
Sponsored by Levenshulme Pub Company and Boddingtons
The
Flags
by Bridget O’Connor
The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre
Box Office 0161 833 9833 www.royalexchange.co.uk
JJ and Howie are lifeguards on the second worst beach in Ireland. They dream of Banna Strand, the perfect beach with ‘tits and ass as far as the eye can see’. The jobs at Banna are unexpectedly vacant, presenting and opportunity for the lads. But somking, losing the lifeguard manual, and the dead birds on the beach mean their chances are slim. Until a young woman comes to the beach with surprising intentions and Aonter is offered up to JJ as a way out. Bridget O’ Connor’s comedy about ambition, dreams and the taste of Pot Noodles answers the question: what is the real reason for The Flags. With Francis Magee and Kieran Cunningham